deontology

Etymology
From +. The specialised sense in normative ethics is due to C. D. Broad.

Noun

 * 1)  Ethics.
 * 2)  The normative ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to rules or obligations rather than either the inherent goodness or the consequences of those actions.
 * 1)  The normative ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to rules or obligations rather than either the inherent goodness or the consequences of those actions.
 * 1)  The normative ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to rules or obligations rather than either the inherent goodness or the consequences of those actions.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: деонтология
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 義務論, 道義論,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, velvollisuusoppi, velvollisuusetiikka, sääntöetiikka, deontologinen etiikka
 * French:
 * Hungarian: deontológia, kötelességetika, kötelességtan
 * Icelandic: skyldufræði
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: dualeolaíocht
 * Kazakh: деонтология, парызтану
 * Khmer: ករណីយកិច្ចវិទ្យា
 * Kyrgyz: деонтология
 * Malay: deontologi, tata susila
 * Persian: اخلاق وظیفه‌گرا
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese: đạo nghĩa học (道義學)